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Since he has been based in Minnesota, Osmo Vänskä's recordings with his new orchestra have moved decisively away from his previous Nordic specialities, particularly the outstanding Sibelius cycle with the Lahti Symphony and Nielsen symphonies with the BBC Scottish SO. Vänskä has followed the completion of his Minnesota Beethoven cycle with a disc of Bruckner – whether the other symphonies are to follow isn't clear yet – and put down a marker from the start, by choosing to perform the last of the three versions of the Fourth Symphony that Bruckner completed in 1888. Furtwängler and Knappertsbusch used to conduct that edition, but for a long time it has been discredited academically, and most conductors these days prefer the second version from 1881. Yet Vänskä shows that Bruckner's last thoughts on his most popular symphony deserve to be heard – not only are there significant formal changes in the scherzo and finale, but the scoring is altered and many dynamics and phrasing marks added. The performance has a sense of missionary zeal about it, too – predominantly swift tempi, fiercely worked climaxes and a real dramatic charge, all underpinned by exceptional orchestral playing.